Ocean Colour Scene--Marchin' Already

HUNDRED MILE HIGH CITY

 So I said I'm on the roam so I need a car 
 And I know that I'm getting alive 
 And I say I got faith and a season 
 And I say that's where I'm going to 

 I get a need and I'm wanting to please it 
 I gotta face and I'm wanting to feel it 
 The more I feel is the more that I need it 
 The more I need is the less I believe it 

 Well I want a good love by my side 
 Keep on getting out of love and my pride 
 And I know I keep hurting my love yeah 
 But i know it ain't killing 
  

  BETTER DAY
  
  Sonny signed his name up for tomorrow 
  And laughed with all of this friends 
  At all the little men who borrow tunes 
  They heard just yesterday 
  Davey got us down but we got away 
  And drank to all the days 
  That we just whiled away 
  Just playing Robin Hood a little out of phase 

  And then the nightmares come 
  And you get blown away 
  (when your friends go away, on last chorus) 
  And up in your room your walls are cold 
  You find your head is holding out 

  For the welcome of a better day 
  And then the nightmares come 
  And you get blown away 
  And up in your room 
  Your walls are getting colder 
  Like you're getting on a roller coaster 
  You can't find the breaks 

  Stevie burned the sky when he flew away 
  And left us things to say 
  When all the world was falling down 
  Around our shoulders; cold and grey 
  Harry carried on in his usual way 
  And Minnie went inside 
  And came out once and we both cried 
  And Minnie blew my head away 

  (Repeat Chorus) 
  
  When you're giving everything away 
  Everybody lets you pray 
  You're saving up for a better day 
  Seeing things in a better way 
  When you know you've got to live 
  There's nothing you won't give 
  To hear the phone and not let it ring 
  Every monday morning 
  Shughie found love and he almost cried 
  We laughed and wondered why 
  We loved the sky and found the space 
  And gazed out over Stevie's plane 

 (Repeat Chorus) 
  

 TRAVELLERS' TUNE 

 Where do you go buttoned up in your favourite coat 
 Stepping out to a different world 
 And you might be home late 
 And where are you now 
 Staring at your favourite box 
 The one with the traveller's cross 
 On the road past the gate 

 But if you find yourself standing on the corner 
 While you're thinking of a different world 
 Then you might see me waiting on the corner 
 Staring through you in your different world 

 And if I could swim 
 Then I'd get out and find my boat 
 Sail away to my favourite coast 
 And let you all in 
 And if I could do all the things you're asking for 
 Then maybe I'd find your door 
 And bring it home to you 

 (Repeat Chorus) 

  So where do we go 
  Like two Christopher's in the snow 
  Yeah we're blind but we want to know 
  Just to say I love you 
  And all of our lives 
  We'll sail though the suns and moons 
  To sing our Travellers Tune 
  Just to say I love you 

  (Repeat Chorus) 
  
  

  BIG STAR

I don't want to be another big star 
 Picking at your cars 
 Stealing at your clothes 
 Finding out what you don't know 
 You don't know 

 I don't want to be your big star 
 Picking your calls; saying I don't know 
 I don't want to be your suitor 
 Lacking at your feet 
 Trying to love the things you need 

 Oh you know I've heard this before 
 And you know I've heard this some more 
 And please give me the chance 
 To break down your door 
 But I sit 
 Oh Oh 
 I still sit here 

 I don't want to be another tailor 
 Pricking at your thumb 
 Washing all the tears away 
 Some words 
 Oh no I believe they don't feel you 
 Picking up your dirt 
 And washing dreams away 
  
  

DEBRIS ROAD

 She nails down moon beams 
 And talks in double time 
 Stumbling to whenever she goes 
 I live in the meantime 
 And I get frustrated 
 So I put my wager on Debris Road 

 It keeps me running down Debris Road 
 I'm not scared but it's somewhere I cling to 
 And all the places I want to go 
 They won't cast a shadow on my Debris Road 

 (Repeat Chorus) 

 Someone got moonfaced and someone gets tearful 
 Talking so much that they really don't know 
 Staying up all night singing songs 'till daylight 
 And striking a match with the devil below 

 (Repeat Chorus) 
  
  
  

 BESIDES YOURSELF 
  
 Before I let you all go 
 Before I pull you from this show 
 Before I wave to you 
 I'd like to say to you 
 I wish you never to be alone 

 Besides yourself what can you say 
 Millions apart and miles away 
 Besides yourself what do you need 
 Some feel no pain while others bleed 

 So if you're going to save my words 
 Make sure it's this time you deserve 
 Before I walk away 
 I know your every day 
 Will play before you on it's own 

(Repeat Chorus) 

And I'm not saying I'm not saying any wrong by you 
And I'm not saying I'm not talking my time for you 

(Repeat Chorus) 
  
  
GET BLOWN AWAY
  
 And when she blows the candle flame to smoke 
 She says a prayer for all of those who live in houses and in homes 
 And monday she'll go down town standing naked in the road 
 You may know what I am 
 But who I am you don't know 

 She'll run across the mustard dust sand 
 Scream down the wind 
 And the sea is in a cold 
 Like when in holiday homes 
 And houses like sweet confectionary 
 And sandcastles and drinking wine 
 Hungry diners perfectly timed 

 And mother and father glowing young 
 Happy to be each other together 
 When she blows the candle out 
 She goes to bed and lies and drags through her head 
 The day that went way of every day 
 But tomorrow she'll fly a plane 
 Over the fields where the houses aren't built yet 

 She smiled sweetly across the room 
 Through the lunch time smoke 
 And I loved her for a second 
 And discarded the queen and I know 
 How sweetness turns sour 
 And leaves they turn to brown 
 And then to earth and dust 
 And settle in this town 
 You get blown away 

 (Repeat 1st Half) 

 She smiled sweetly across the lunch time smoke 
 And I loved her for a second and discarded the queen and I know 
 When men are being little boys again 
 And women cruel step mothers of old 
 And this is the invention 
 The adventure of my own 
 I get blown away 
  
  

TELE HE'S NOT TALKING

 Tele he's the one he knows what to say 
 Know how to find his way 
 He knows the roads by night and by doorways 
 But watching the light in a hall 
 Won't change a thing or say at all 
 What it is that he says 

 Still he says that I don't know 
 Still he says that I don't know 

 I don't why I'm thinking about so much 
 When I don't know what it is I can't say 
 And I wouldn't change a thing if I believe it all 
 And screamed in your face 

 Still I'd says hey I don't know 
 Still I'd says hey I don't know 

 Tele deals the cards and draws an ace 
 And finds himself miles away 
 Where skies ain't bruised by towers and fumes 
 And children ain't to young to play 
 Would i change a thing 
 I'd change it all 
 But were born different days 

 Still I'd say hey I don't know 
 Still I'd say hey I don't know 

 (Repeat Chorus) 
  

 FOXY'S FOLK FACED
  
  I think everybody's after me 
  They want to know just what i feel 
  Pushing wires under my nose 
  Everybody's standing on my toes 
  Telling the world what I should know 

  You said you'd seen life from near the floor 
  You opened every closing door 

  Thank you for always being there 
  And all the nights in which we shared 
  And we know we're always here 

  If it gets you down 
  You know I'll always be around 
  Cos too much just ain't enough 

  (Whistle) 

  We - we who are your property 
  Whose every single move you see 
  We don't mind the prying eyes 
  We don't mind all your lies 
  Or the headlines that you write 
  

SPARK AND CINDY
  
  Spark and Cindy live by their own means 
  They wouldn't have if I only 
  know'd where they'd been 
  And I want to make things a part of my life 
  And I want to see that 
  things are going to be right 
  But if you can't even 
  stand on your feet 
  And if you don't own the 
  air that you breathe 
  Then it's not for me to say 

  But I wouldn't live that way 
  and I wouldn't stand apart 
  And I wouldn't find the real 
  and I wouldn't play a part 
  And I wouldn't find in love 
  so misguided by some fool 
  And just what I'm trying t say 
  makes my head spin round the room 

  (Repeat from 3rd line onwards)
  

  HALF A DREAM AWAY

  We're just half a dream away 
  Sitting on our fences 
  Building up defences 
  Making up rules by which you play 

  We're just half way down the road 
  Staking our postions 
  But stupid supersitions 
  Only give fools too heavy a load 

  The magpie screeched and the windows shattered 
  Her body's bruised but her soul's not battered 
  The fireman tried but the hose was broken 
  The cupboards bare but the door needs closing 

  We spend half our time away 
  From being where we want to 
  And seeing who it's fun to 
  Not blaming ourselves for our mistakes 

  We spend half a dream away 
  Looking out of windows 
  Waiting for a signal 
  Waiting for night to close the day 

  The tree was bare but the birds were singing 
  The milk turned sour and my thirst needs quenching 
  The meat was dead and I need me feeding 
  The room was cold but the night was freezing 

  The rainbow frowned when the sun was laughing 
  A baby's snatched on a beatiful morning 
  A dog runs wild and the brakes are screaming 
  A church on fire is struck by lightining 
  The dead man's hands had beautiful fingers 
  The princess frowned at her lovers mistress 
  She went insane and poisoned the children 
  A teacher's drowned and a child is laughing 
  

  

  IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING

 Sonny went and flipped away and said he had to go 
  How could you ever say he never stayed alone 
  And how could I belong with anyone you know 
  Come on every line's a line I'll never know 

  Oh......it's a beautiful thing 
  Oh......it's a beautiful thing 

  Sometimes I can get along alone enough 
  Backing everyone away and never have enough 
  And how could I be playing every line for you 
  Look at the things today that I can never choose 

  (Repeat Chorus) 

  Sometimes I could never ever ever fade again 
  Sometimes I could never ever ever fade again 
  Sometimes I could never ever ever fade again 

  And how could I be palying every line for you 
  Look at the things today that I never choose 

  (Repeat Chorus)